Frank skalla



NrTnn STATES FRANK SKALLA, OF WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

PUZZLE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,506, dated March 21, 1899. I Application filed January'ZO, 1899. Serial No. 702,821. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SKALLA, a citi-. zen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Puzzle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to games and toys, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and at the same time entertaining puzzle of that type wherein a plurality of detachable members are so constructed as to adapt them to be interlocked and to requirea special manipulation to secure their disengagement or separation.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description,and the novel features thereof Will be par-' ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a puzzle constructed in accordance with my invention, the members being interlooked, as they may be in one position prior to the solution of the puzzle. Fig. 2 is a front View showing the positions of the parts subsequent to one step in the operation of disconnecting the members.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures 0f the drawings.

The toy embodying my invention consists of a member A, constructed of a blank of wire or similar material doubled upon itself at an intermediate point to form side or terminal loops 10 and an intermediate loop 11, it being understood thatany desired number of intermediate loops may be employed between ber 17, and terminal arms 18, having rings or eyes 19 and a loose bar 20, extending through the rings or eyes 19,and having terminal rings or eyes 21.

In the initial position of the members prior to the solution of the puzzle the loose crossbar 20 is engaged with either the loops or other parts of the member A, and it being desired to solve the puzzle the first step necessary is to work the loose bar of the member B until it comes into engagement with one of the terminal loops 10, the eyes of the bow 16 being upon opposite sides of the plane of said loop. When the parts are in this position,

the front of the terminal eyes or rings of said bow is dropped over the loop with which the loose cross-bar is engaged and the latter is backed to arrange its terminal ring in alinement with the loop 10,-as shown in Fig. 2. The next step in the operation of disengaging the members is to carry the eye or ring of the loose cross-bar through the loop 10 to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereupon the eye or ring of the bow may be slipped freely from the loop 10. Obviously the reverse of this operation is necessary to engage the cross-bar with the terminal loop ficing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A puzzle having a member provided with a plurality of loops extending in a common direction, and a second separate member comprising a bow having terminal alined rings,

and a loose cross-bar extending through said rings and provided at opposite sides of the plane thereof with terminal eyes or rings, substantially as specified.

2. A puzzle having a member provided with terminal and intermediate loops 10 and 11,

the outer sides of the terminal loops being In testimony that I claim the foregoing as extended to form a rectangular frame, and my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein thence to form a shank, and a second member the presence of two witnesses. comprising a bow having terminal alined eyes 7 FRANK SKALLA. 5 or rings, and a loose cross bar extending Witnesses:

through said eyes or rings and having termi- WILLIAM F. MATTISON, nal eyes or rings, substantially as specified. ALBERT C. GODFREY. 

